Game.



R. M. HALLIDAY.

- GAME.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1912.

Patented July 1, 1913.

40 the apex ROBER'I' M. HALLIDAY, F MOUNT GILEAD, OHIO.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July-1, 1913;

Application filed April 3, 1912. Serial No. 688,230.

To all whom 62- may concern p Be it known that 1, ROBERT M. HALLIDAY, citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Gilead, in the county of Morrow and o State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the followingis a specification.

.This invention relates to improvements in game apparatus of'the class wherein balls 10 are employed to roll over an inclined sur face and receivable in pockets having designating characters or numerals, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply con structed device which will amuse and m-..

struct, and by means of which various games may be played.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as. hereafter shown and described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention: Figure 1 is a plan view of the} im proved device; Fig. 2 is; a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Corresponding and like parts are referred to inthe following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved devlce comprises a base or platform 10 having a relatively flat conical upper face and with an upturned rim 11, the rim being formed with a plurality of inwardly directed pockets 12. The platform together with its rim and encircling pockets,

is preferably struck up from a. single sheet of metal with the material rounded at the "'unc'ture of the rim and the body of the platform as represented at 13. Rising from of the platform is a standard or and rotatably disguide pin 14, and slidably posed upon the pin is a ball holder formed of an encircling shell having vertical sidewalls 15 formedvinto a plurality of recesses or hollows, and with aplurality of apertaires 16 in its upper end corresponding to the hollows or pockets of the holder, each. pocket being thus provided-with one of the apertures 16, as shown. The holder 15 is open; at 5 the bottom, and

upon the pin. A pluralityof balls, also const-itutes a part ofthe device, and are repre-' sented at 17, and correspond in number to the pockets of the holder. The apertures 16 of the ball holder are sufiicientlyslarge to permit one of the balls to be passed there- 's slidable and rotatable wa'rd position, and the balls inserted through the apertures, they will roll into the pockets of the holder and be-supported therein, and then when'the holder is elevated, the balls are released and automatically roll down into the pockets 12.

The platform 10 is provided with nulnerals or other designating characters opposite the pockets 12. Any system of numeralso: other characters maybe employed. but generally the pockets will be arranged in series and each series provided with its own designating numerals or other characters.

For the purpose of illustration five series of the pockets are shown, each containlng SIX pockets, and numbered from one to six, as shown. It will be understoodthat any system or arrangement of the numerals may be employed, and it is not desiredtherefore to limit the invention to any specific arrangement of the numerals or other designating characters.

In operating the device the holder is preferably whirled about and elevated to cause the balls to be thrown over the entire surface of the base and'thus prevent them from rolling into any predetermined pocket. The halls may be released by simply elevating the holder without rotating it, but rotating the balls increases the interest and lessens the chances for' predetermined arrangement of the balls.

By arranging the pockets12- in series of six and providing them with numerals as shown, the improved device may be em-- ployed in the same manner as dice'are used,

and with the same results. For instance one ortwo pair can be played, three of akind, a full house, fours, five of a kind, high or low, odd or even, or any game'of addition. In playing for pairs when a player manipulates the holder to release the balls and the rolling balls scores'one pair,' the player picks up the. remaining three balls and places them back infthe holder andmanipulates it again, and if he secures one or more like the first. he leaves them with the first pair and tries once more with the remaining balls, three times in all, finishing" the play. It willbe through to supply the holderwith the-balls. By this, means when the holder is in its downobvious therefore that any game may beplayed which is possible to be played with ordinary dice. vThe improved device is simple in constriiction, can be inexpensively manufactured and of any: required sizeor capacity, and any required number of the balls and pockets 'employed. p

' Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1; A game'apparatus comprisinga conical platform having a rim divided into a plurality of inwardly opening pockets, a rodextending from t-he'apex of said platfornna balls in said ,holder and cesses thereof and releasable and set into r0 7 holder for ballsi slidable on said rod and with verticalfsides formed into a plurality of in-.

wardl" opening recesses, and a plu'ralityof bearing in the retarymovement by rotating and elevating the holder upon the rod. v

2, A game apparatus comprising a conical platform having a rim dividedfinto a plurality of inwardly opening pockets, a holder for balls open at the top and bottom with vertical sides formed into a plurality of inwardly opening recesses and bearing upon the apex of said conical platform and rotatable and vertically movable relative thereto, and a plurality of balls in said holder and engaging in the recesses thereof and set into rotary movement and releasable therefrom 

